Privacy Policy

Snow Peak BC Inc.

Snow Peak-BC is committed to safeguarding the personal information entrusted to us by our customers. We manage your personal information by British Columbia’s Personal Information Protection Act and other applicable laws. This policy outlines the principles and practices we follow in protecting your personal information.

This policy applies to Snow Peak-BC. It also applies to any person providing services on our behalf. A copy of this policy is provided to any client on request.

What is personal information?

Personal information means information about an identifiable individual. This includes an individual’s name, home address and phone number, email address, and financial information (e.g., credit card). We collect only the personal information that we need for providing services to our clients, including personal information needed to:

• Open and manage an account
• Provide requested services

We normally collect client information directly from our clients. We may collect your information from other persons with your consent or as authorized by law.

What Information Is Collected and How Is It Collected?

We may collect personal information (which identifies you or relates to you as an identifiable person) about you such as your:

• Name
• Postal address (including billing and service requested addresses)
• Telephone number
• Email address
• Credit and debit card numbers
• Flight details (for airport pick-ups)

We may collect information from you when you interact with us, such as when you:

• Contact us with a question or request
• Use or request our services (online or over the phone)
• Make a payment for a service
• Use our online booking system, chat, or request a quote form on our website

Consent

We ask for consent to collect, use, or disclose client personal information, except in specific circumstances where collection, use, or disclosure without consent is authorized or required by law. We may assume your consent in cases where you volunteer information for an obvious purpose.

We ask for your express consent for some purposes and may not be able to provide certain services if you are unwilling to provide consent for the collection, use, or disclosure of certain personal information. Where express consent is needed, we will normally ask clients to provide their consent orally (in person or by telephone), in writing (by signing a consent form or by checking a box on a form), or electronically (by clicking a button).

A client may withdraw consent to the use and disclosure of personal information at any time unless the personal information is necessary for us to fulfill our legal obligations. We will respect your decision, but we may not be able to provide you with certain products and services if we do not have the necessary personal information.

We may collect, use, or disclose client personal information without consent only as authorized by law. For example, we may not request consent when the collection, use, or disclosure is reasonable for an investigation or legal proceeding, to collect a debt owed to our organization, in an emergency that threatens life, health, or safety, or when the personal information is from a public telephone directory.

How do we use and disclose personal information?

We use and disclose client personal information only for the purposes for which the information was collected, except as authorized by law. For example, we may use client contact information to provide service (e.g., limo service). The law also allows us to use this contact information to collect a debt owed to Snow Peak-BC.

If we wish to use or disclose your personal information for any new business purpose, we will ask for your consent.

How do we safeguard personal information?

We make every reasonable effort to ensure that client information is accurate and complete. We rely on our clients to notify us if there is a change to their personal information that may affect their relationship with our organization. If you are aware of an error in our information about you, please let us know and we will correct it on request wherever possible. In some cases, we may ask for a written request for correction.

We protect clients’ personal information in a manner appropriate for the sensitivity of the information. We make every reasonable effort to prevent any loss, misuse, disclosure, or modification of personal information, as well as any unauthorized access to personal information. We will notify the Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner of British Columbia, without delay, of a security breach affecting personal information if it creates a real risk of significant harm to individuals.

We retain client personal information only as long as it is reasonable to fulfill the purposes for which the information was collected or for legal or business purposes. We render client personal information non-identifying or destroy records containing personal information once the information is no longer needed. We use appropriate security measures when destroying client personal information, including shredding paper records and permanently deleting electronic records.

Access to records containing personal information

Clients of Snow Peak-BC have the right to access their personal information in a record that is in our custody or under our control, subject to some exceptions. For example, organizations are required under the Personal Information Protection Act to refuse to provide access to information that would reveal personal information about another individual. Organizations are authorized under the Act to refuse access to personal information if disclosure would reveal confidential business information. Access may also be refused if the information is privileged or contained in mediation records.

If we refuse a request in whole or in part, we will provide the reasons for the refusal. In some cases where exceptions to access apply, we may withhold that information and provide you with the remainder of the record.

You may request access to your personal information by writing to Javier Escalona (Operator) of Snow Peak-BC. You must provide sufficient information in your request to allow us to identify the information you are seeking. You may also request information about our use of your personal information and any disclosure of that information to persons outside our organization. You may also request a correction of an error or omission in your personal information.

We will respond to your request within 45 calendar days unless an extension is granted. We may charge a reasonable fee to provide information, but not for correcting it. We will advise you of any fees that may apply before beginning to process your request.

Questions and complaints

If you have any questions or concerns about how Snow Peak-BC collects, uses, or discloses personal information, or if you want to request access to your personal information, please contact Javier Escalona (Operator) at (604) 780-2975.

If you are not satisfied with the response you receive, you should contact the Information and Privacy Commissioner of British Columbia:

PO Box 9038 Stn. Prov. Govt. Victoria B.C. V8W 9A4

Location:

4th Floor, 947 Fort Street, Victoria BC V8V 3K3

Telephone:

Victoria: (250) 387-5629